Show IN BIG NATIONAL GATHERING OPENED IN CHICAGO CROWDS FILL ING THE COLISEUM senator harding of ohio Is elected temporary chairman and delivers the keynote speech committees are named chicago june 7 the republican party opened its great quadrennial show the jia convention today before a capacity house despite the fact that the proceedings of th the llast session were to be only preliminary formalities the people flocked to the coliseum by the thousand and poured through tile the many entrances entrance a in il I 1 solid sol id streams 8 tor for hours when charles D fillies chairman of the national cioll at committee arose at eleven cle eai 0 clock and took up ill the gavel to call the convention to order there was waa not ono one vacant seat in tho the immense structure it was a fine sitting for an important event the coliseum wai wa decorated as never before with hags flags and hunting bunting draping tile the girders and galleries and covering all bare spots on the end walls uri up in a gallery at tile the so south uth end of tho the hall a a brass band was pouring forth fort h le and popular airs back of f pat I 1 h beakers pe akers rostrum where sat mr I 1 halles illes nd hla his working force of 35 men were grouped many members ot of the diplomatic 11 corps who had come on from washington and the distinguished guests of the convention among them all living ex chairman ot of republican national convention to the right and left of these were placed the members of the lie national committee and their guests in tile the body of tile the hall directly in front of the speakers stand were here the delegates gathered about their state standards and back or of them thein alternates just below the rostrum and on both sides of it were the working newspaper men inen and in the galleries all around the hall were tho the thousands of spectators who had bad been fortunate to obtain admission tickets convention begins business mr bilics was heartily applauded when lie he stood before the throng gavel in liand hand lie ile spoke but briefly in calling the great gathering to order and called on rev john timothy stone pastor of 0 the fourth Prea presbyterian byte church of chicago to 0 o deliver tho the invocation dr stones eloquent and impressive prayer was followed by the reading of the call for the convention by james 11 II reynolds of massachusetts secretary of the national committee mr lilies then called for nominations tor for temporary chairman of course the selection of united states senator charles warren harddng of ohio for that position had been all 3 settled long ago and his election by unanimous vote was only a formality senator hording harding la Is an imposing ligure ligare and as lie he accepted the gavel from the hands of mr hilles lie he wa was 8 enthusiastically che cheered cred chairman hardings address chairman harding launched at once into ills his keynote speech and did not belle ills his reputation for eloquence and deftness of phrase ile he began with a w warm arni plea for harmony in the party ranks coupled with the confident conn clent assertion that such harmony already was an assured fact with unctuous sentences lie he skillfully oiled the way for the smooth return of those who left the party tour four years ago to follow the bull moose standard and he declared to them and to the world that lie he did not believe there was a mrily reactionary republican among the delegates As might have been expected mr hording early in lits his address took up the subject of national defense ilia utterances on this topic were reasonably emphatic and in line with the preparedness sentiment that hasteen hasl jeen spreading over the land our national unselfishness has been proved since the great war broke out he said bald and our national weakness in defense revealed the foreign policy of the democratic administration both in relation to europe and in the matter ot or At mexico exico was dealt with in a few caustic sentences and the plan to turn loose the philippines also was scored tho the speaker devoted somo some attention to the need from a republican point of view tor for a protective tariff and hen turned to the topic of americanism here lie he once more let his eto elp quence have full play and his call tor for loyalty devotion and love for the united states on the part of every one of its citizens was answered by a roar of cheers verily it Is good to be an american and we may rejoice to be republicans public ans bo be concluded routine business transacted when the band music that burst forth at the end of senator Illar dings speech was over and the assemblage quieted down again the other temporary i officers were nominated and elected and the chairman of the various state delegations were called on onto to wad send up ill the names name of the men by the delegations to represent them on ilia on oil credentials permanent ina tient organization rules and order of business and resolutions in most cases the names were all ready and were vere soon in possession of tho the beare barles some la business followed folla and chairman harding then declared the convention adjourned until thursday morning tho the members of the hie committees fit at once feathered isa in tile tho meeting places assigned them rind and took up ill their work so as to be ready to report to the second session of the convention |